Partner Manager

Virgin Red; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare from day one

Competitive pension

Learning budget

Job summary

Virgin Red is seeking a commercially minded Partner Manager to drive growth across loyalty partnerships in London. You’ll work with Partnership Directors to explore new opportunities, align commercial plans and bring ideas to life through data-driven decisions.

You’ll collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, including Product, Marketing and Data, to deliver value for partners and Virgin Red members, while staying curious and adaptable in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in partnerships, consulting, account management or business development.
• Comfort using data and customer insights to tell a story.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing stakeholders.
• Proactive, organised with ability to juggle priorities.
• Experience in loyalty or membership businesses is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Spot opportunities for growth by analysing partner performance, customer insights and market trends.
• Work with Partnership Directors to bring commercial plans to life and help partnerships thrive.
• Turn insights into action using data to inform recommendations.
• Lead and support commercial initiatives across different partners and priorities.
• Build relationships across Virgin Red and the wider Virgin family to enable collaboration.
• Collaborate with Product, Marketing, Data, Finance and Operations to translate ideas into results.
• Share fresh ideas and explore smarter ways to work, including AI when appropriate.

Skills

Commercial mindset

Data analysis

Relationship building

Proactive

Communication

Job description

The role

Love getting stuck into a commercial challenge, spotting opportunities others might miss and finding new ways to make things better? This could be right up your street.

Application Deadline: 24 November 2026

Department: Loyalty

Location: London

Compensation: £55,000 - £67,000 / year

Description

The role

Love getting stuck into a commercial challenge, spotting opportunities others might miss and finding new ways to make things better? This could be right up your street.

We’re looking for a commercially curious Partner Manager to help grow and strengthen partnerships across Virgin Red, the rewards club from Virgin.

You won’t be tied to one partner or portfolio. Instead, you’ll work alongside our Partnership Directors and Leads on a mix of exciting opportunities, from finding new ways to grow existing partnerships to tackling commercial challenges and bringing fresh ideas to life.

You’ll use data, customer insights and your relationship-building skills to make a real difference for our partners, our members and Virgin Red. It’s a role full of variety, where you’ll get to work with brilliant people, explore different industries and make your mark on what comes next.

What you’ll be getting stuck into

• Spotting opportunities for growth – digging into partner performance, customer insights and market trends to find new ways to create value for our partners and members.
• Making partnerships even better – working with Partnership Directors and Leads to bring commercial plans to life and help our partnerships thrive.
• Turning insights into action – using data to solve problems, challenge thinking and make smart, commercially sound recommendations.
• Getting stuck into exciting projects – leading and supporting commercial initiatives across different partners and priorities, with plenty of variety along the way.
• Bringing people together – building brilliant relationships across Virgin Red, the wider Virgin family and our third-party partners to make great things happen.
• Connecting the dots – working closely with teams across Product, Marketing, Data, Finance and Operations to turn ideas into results.
• Bringing fresh thinking to the table – keeping an eye on what other businesses are doing brilliantly, sharing new ideas and finding smarter ways to work including leveraging AI in the right ways.

What you’ll bring

• A curious commercial mind – you love understanding what makes businesses tick, spotting opportunities and finding ways to drive growth. Experience in partnerships, consulting, account management, business development or a similar commercial role would be great.
• A way with data – you’re confident using numbers, customer insights and performance trends to tell a story, solve problems and recommend what to do next.
• A natural knack for building relationships – you know how to bring people on board, build trust and influence stakeholders at different levels, both inside and outside a business.
• A get-up-and-go attitude – you’re proactive, organised and comfortable juggling different projects and priorities. You don't need everything mapped out to get started.
• Clear communication and sharp thinking – you can turn complex information into simple, compelling recommendations, business cases and presentations that help people make decisions.
• An open mind and a love of learning – you’re adaptable, collaborative and always looking for a better way. Experience in loyalty, rewards or membership businesses is a bonus, but what matters most is your curiosity and willingness to get stuck in.

What you’ll get in return

We know life doesn’t stop when work starts. So we’ve built our benefits to support you - at work and beyond.

• Life – support when it matters most, with healthcare from day one, family-friendly policies and help for life’s bigger moments
• Work – the foundations that set you up for the future, including a competitive pension, life assurance and options like our EV scheme
• Spirit – space to grow and enjoy the journey, with a personal learning budget, mentoring, volunteering time… and our famous “Screw it, let’s do it” pot

It’s all designed to help you feel your best, do your best, and enjoy the ride - with a few extra Virgin touches along the way (because we don’t really do “standard”).

The essentials

• Salary: £55,000 – £67,000 + bonus — we’re big on transparency, so no smoke and mirrors here. We’ll always offer a salary that reflects your experience, with room to grow within the range.
• Where you’ll work: We come together in the office 2-3 days a week — the rest is yours to work in your own space

Bring your whole self

We welcome people from all walks of life, with all kinds of experiences and ways of thinking. Different perspectives, however your mind works, help us see things differently and do things better.

If there’s anything we can do to support you through the hiring process, just let us know, we’ll always do our best to make it work for you.

We believe in using business as a force for good, creating positive change for our people, our communities and the world around us. That includes being a Fair Chance employer and championing strengths like dyslexic thinking - staying open, listening to individual circumstances and focusing on potential.

Where could this role take you? Your Virgin adventure starts here.